💯👇 the former is expensive to live in and maintain. The latter produces more tax base, more housing and mobility choices, and is more healthy and sustainable. We've got to make the shift.

WATCH & SHARE: We’d all be a lot more effective in explaining how badly we need less stupid transportation if we were even close to this funny. But it’s only funny because it’s true. Via @adamconover (this is why he’s in my “changing minds” starter pack)

People think engineers somehow decided to build wider and wider arterials and highways as if they thus create all the traffic. It is actually our bad planning made into law that limits multimodality by effectively mandating cars though low density and use separation by legal

With Milton barreling toward Tampa, I'm resharing this graphic I made after Helene. Nowhere is safe from climate change, but there are many cities located in relatively resilient places with the existing infrastructure to accommodate a LOT more people than they currently do.

Enjoyed being a part of this and a few other events around DFW last week discussing housing challenges with @clmarohn. If you haven't read Chuck's book Escaping the Housing Trap yet, watch this presentation and then give it a read to fill in the details. Important stuff.

The Director of City Planning in Minneapolis said, "No single legislative action did more to contribute to housing creation than the elimination of parking minimums.” https://t.co/FF6nyxpGU8

When you think about it, can you really say this sounds wrong? On car culture, featuring @adamconover.

There is no such thing as unlimited growth. We have natural resource and fiscal constraints. Texas will either figure this out soon and adjust, or continue to put their head in the sand and watch the Texas Miracle implode when water, money for infrastructure, or both run out.

This is a huge step in the right direction — and long overdue. The Federal Motor Safety Standards have real teeth. If this rule comes into effect, carmakers will finally have to address how car bloat endangers pedestrians. https://t.co/LAApxzncaK

What happens when you can't do the extreme building setbacks mandated by the fire code? You get smaller vehicles.

"The streets of my hometown were basically designed to evacuate Downtown... Cars were going by so quickly it was hostile to pedestrians, you wouldn't want to walk on that sidewalk & by changing that we created a different, more vibrant downtown." @PeteButtigieg 📍South Bend, IN

"Kids aren’t dying because their parents were circling the block looking for parking, or they had to leave the house slightly earlier for art class. Those are inconveniences, not dangers. They die when drivers’ convenience is prioritized over their lives." https://t.co/9svYTo6VZP

This is so important. If your community truly values safety of residents, then update design standards and fix your streets to have 9 or 10' lanes. And no, residents that choose to drive huge trucks and SUVs don't have the right to dominate this conversation.

The traditional budget process in many #localgov can take the form of an exercise in balancing revenues and expenses. During this new webinar on Aug. 29, speakers will help you come up with a plan for designing a better budget decision-making environment. https://t.co/0ueJYJS0JW

URBANISM = Love thy neighbor. SUBURBANISM = Fear thy neighbor.

Well duh.. when you remove trees and shade structures in favor of more concrete for roads and parking, things get a little hotter. But hey, everybody's huge trucks and SUVs have awesome AC so we're good! 🙄

Amen. Stop spending valuable $$ on more roads that exacerbate sprawl that leads to higher housing costs and bigger infrastructure funding deficits. Start investing in transit, cycling, and walkability that are key to vibrant, financially resilient communities.

this was never going to be the end RUN. IT. BACK.

Yep, we do. A&M is a special place that attracts great people and weeds out those who don't believe in our core values. Once you go there, you feel it. This baseball thing has really illuminated it. I'm optimistic that football players will feel & say the same w @CoachMikeElko.

Just reading the way the bio’s are prioritized make me wholeheartedly believe we got the better guy for @AggieBaseball